Carbon paper cabinet



Feb. 21, 1961 G. B. McCAY 2,972,507

CARBON PAPER CABINET Filed Feb. 6, 1959 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 GEORGE 8. McCA) INVENTOR.

m ATTORNEY Feb. 21, 1961 e. B. MccAY CARBON PAPER CABINET 2 Sheets-Sheet2 Filed Feb. 6, 1959 B. MCCA) INVENTOR.

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GEORGE 5% ATTORNEY United States PatentO 2,912,501 I CARBON PAPERCABINET George B. McCay, Rochester, N.Y., assignor to Kee LoxManufacturing Company, Rochester, N.Y., a corporation of New York 'FiledFeb. 6, 19s9,-ser. No. 791,715

This invention relates to a carbon paper cabinet and has for its purposeto provide a series of trays arranged to contain sheets of carbon paperin one or all of the trays, or copy sheets or second sheets in some ofthe trays if desired, and provided with means whereby a series of sheetsincluding a second sheet, carbon sheet, and copy sheet may be readilycollated on the top of the cabinet as the sheets are removed from therespective trays, and are there assembled in proper relation to bepositioned in a typewriter.

More particularly the invention is intended to provide a cabinet ofsimple and inexpensive structure that enables separating and protectingthe various sheets, and includes a guide member which can be readilyadjusted to a position partially above the top of the cabinet and formsa ledge surrounding three sides of the cabinet, operating when sopositioned to guide and limit movement of the sheets as they arepositioned on the top of the cabinet with all three sheets alined andcontacting the guide member or ledge.

More particularly the invention comprises a U-shaped guide member orflange having two legs pivotally supported on the sides of the cabinetat the forward end thereof, and being adjacent to the sides and one endof the cabinet when not in operation, and adapted to be swung upwardlyabout its pivotal connections for alining the collated sheets, and whenso extended occupying an upwardly inclined position extending from itspivotal points to a point where the lower edge of the guide member isadjacent to the upper surface of the cabinet at its rear edge inposition to engage and limit the rearward and lateral movement of thesheets and to centralize their position on the cabinet.

To these and other ends the invention consists in the construction andarrangement of parts that will appear clearly from the followingdescription when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, thenovel features being pointed out in the claims following thespecification.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the invention,showing the trays closed and the guide member lowered to its inoperativeposition, and

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the trays open with the guidemember or ledge elevated to a position partially above the cabinet whereit functions to permit collating the several sheets as they are removedfrom the respective trays and placed on the top surface of the cabinet.

Referring more particularly to the drawings in which like referencenumerals refer to the same parts throughout the several views, 1designates a housing consisting of top, bottom, side, and rear walls,while 2 designates a U- shaped guide member or ledge the legs of whichare pivoted to the sides of the housing adjacent to the for ward ends ofthe side walls and fitting closely against the side and rear wallswhereby the guide member is held "ice 2 frictionally in its inoperativeposition as shown in Fig. 1. The guide member 2 may be readily swungupwardly about its pivotal points to its operative position illustratedin Fig. 2 in whichthe rear wall of the guide member and a portion of itsside walls extend partially above the top of the housing and form limitwalls at the rear edge of the housing and partially above the side edgesof the housing, affording a barrier that accurately positions the sheetsas they are positioned on top of the housing. I I The several trays areindicated at 3, 4, and 5 respectively, one arranged above the otherandadapted to contain copy sheets'i'n drawer 3, carbon paper sheets indrawer 4, and copy sheets or second sheets in drawer 5, although ifpreferred, all the trays may be utilized to receive carbon paper sheets,while the copy and second sheets may be stored elsewhere.

When it is desired to remove sheets from the cabinet, the trays 3, 4,and 5 may be opened as illustrated in Fig. 2, and the guide member 2swung upwardly to its operating position, following which a copy sheetmay be removed from drawer 3 by the operator and positioned on top ofthe cabinet, being guided into position by the side walls of the guidemember 2 and its rearward movement limited by the rear wall of the guidemember.

Following this, a sheet of carbon paper is removed from the tray 4 andsuperimposed on the copy sheet on top of the cabinet, being guided andlimited in its movement by the guide member 2, and finally a secondsheet is removed from tray 5 and superposed on top of the previouslypositioned sheet of carbon paper. The assembly of superposed sheetswhich are thus arranged accurately one above the other, can then beremoved by the operator and positioned in the typewriter.

The essential feature of the invention resides in providing a cabinetwith a series of trays for receiving sheets of carbon and other papersheets and having means associated with the cabinet and movable from aninoperative position to a position above the top of the cabinet,enabling the operator to remove sheets successively from the severaltrays and position them one above the other on top of the cabinet wherethey are collated and alined accurately by the positioning or guidemember. The sheets are thus assembled ready to be grasped by theoperator as a unit and positioned in the typewriter.

While the invention has been described in relation to a particularembodiment, it is not confined to the details shown, and thisapplication is intended to cover such modifications or departures as maycome within the purpose of the invention or the scope of the followingclaims.

I claim:

1. A paper cabinet comprising a housing including side and rear walls, aseries of trays movably arranged one above the other Within the housing,and a U-shaped guide member consisting of side and rear walls embracingthe side and rear walls of the housing, said side walls of the guidemember being of the same length and width as the side walls of thehousing and the rear wall of said guide member being of the same lengthand width as the rear wall of the housing, said side walls of the guidemember being pivotally mounted at the front ends of the side Walls ofthe housing whereby the guide member may be swung upwardly to aninclined position with its rear wall elevated partially above the rearwall of the housing while the side walls of the guide member occupy anupwardly inclined position with respect to the side walls of thehousing, the top surface of the housing being left free to permitcollating sheets thereon during which the guide member functions toguide and limit the position of the sheets, said guide member when notin collating position being located between the top and bottom of theside and rear walls of the housing and adjacent thereto.

2. A paper cabinet comprising a housing including side and rear walls, aseries of trays movably arranged one above the other within the housing,and a U-shaped guide member consisting of side and rear walls embracingthe side and rear walls of the housing, said side walls of the guidemember being of the same length and width as the side walls of thehousing and the rear wall oi said guide member being of the same lengthand width as the rear wall of the housing, said side walls of the guidemember being pivotally mounted at the front ends of the side walls ofthe housing, the guide member frictionally embracing the side and rearwalls of the housing when in its lowermost position and swingable aboutthe front ends of said 15 2,361,698

r 4 Y side walls of the housing to an upwardly inclined positionpartially above the top surface of the housing which is free to receivesheets of paper, the guide member when in such upper positionfunctioning to guide and limit movement of sheets on said top surfaceuntil the sheets are in contact with the walls of the guide member, saidguide member when not in collating position being located between thetop and bottom oi the side and rear walls of the housing and adjacentthereto.

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